November 2011
#ThatAwkwardMoment when you realize that Kim...
allergictoyouth:
omg….fuck her…..
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Ugh
bringoutthegimp:
This is why I was reluctant to join the feminist society at uni. I mention race and everyone* runs for the hills.
(*Two guys -so far - who refuse to discuss the topic further because it makes them uncomfortable/ they blame under-represented groups of women for not getting involved in marches like slutwalk)
Get the fucking fuck out.
Why am I being made to feel bad for bringing...
Searching for Sudanese Bloggers or Sudanese Links?... →
ohyeahsudan:
A few people have wrote in asking for lists of Sudanese bloggers and Sudanese websites online.
Click here for a brief list!
or
From the Oh yeah, Sudan! homepage, scroll to “Pages” on the top, mid-right. Under “Pages,” there is a link titled “Sudanese Links.” Click it and enjoy.
Please feel free to submit your own blog or any other Sudanese links to add to the list!
“The Vatican won’t prosecute pedophile priests, but I decide I’m not ready for...”
– Sonya Renee “What Women Deserve” (via thecakesokay)
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October 2011
Dear gullible ones (aka...
If the poor took all the money, why are they still so fucking poor?
dumb fucks!
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“Death appeared in the world together with sexual reproduction. Cellular mitosis...”
– Norman Austin (Meaning and Being in Myth) (via sex-death-rebirth, sex-death-rebirth)
The Cruelest Show on Earth: Bullhooks; Whips;... →
mohandasgandhi:
motherjones:
And you thought Dumbo had it bad?
Don’t go to circuses that include animals.
HOW THE NAVAJO NATION BEAT URBAN OUTFITTERS →
Liberals Are Cool: "Weaponized Keynesians." →
liberalsarecool:
Paul Krugman: Republicans know government spending creates jobs; they say so every time there’s a chance military spending will be cut; they just don’t want you “to know what they know, because that would hurt their larger agenda — keeping regulation and taxes on the wealthy at bay.”
A few…
ONE Condoms: 700 Billion & Climbing... →
onecondoms:
Today is a landmark day, the global population is supposed to reach 7 billion people.
That’s right, 7 Billion !
Let’s put that number in perspective; In the 1960’s, the world population was at about 3 billion. Now in 2011, we are at 7 billion. So, in roughly 51 years, population has…
http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/ →
living-as-if:
Who Is Black Triangle
This group is established to galvanise opposition to the current vicious attack on the rights of the disabled by the Government using “Work Capability Assessments” to re-classify genuinely sick and disabled individuals as “fit for work” This site is dedicated to the memory of Paul Reekie (Born January 23, 1962; Died June 2010) : Let Perpetual Light...
UN Recommends Everyone Stop Telling Women What To... →
thefuror:
Yes, we know how I feel about Jezebel sometimes. Read it anyway.
The UN recently issued a report that declares that countries that restrict access to either abortion or contraception are violating a woman’s human rights. The report also declares it Officially Messed Up when a woman is prosecuted for taking illegal drugs or drinking during her pregnancy, because it’s her body and the...
South Dakota Profits When Native Kids Get Thrown... →
soydulcedeleche:
A year-long NPR News investigation has found that nearly 700 Native American children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes every year. In South Dakota, Native American children make up less than 15 percent of the child population, yet they make up more than half of the children in foster care. Nearly 90 percent of them are in non-native homes or group homes,...
The Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation... →
sexismandthecity:
Whatever your personal opinions and your insecurities about homosexuality and the various liberation movements among homosexuals and women (and I speak of the homosexuals and women as oppressed groups), we should try to unite with them in a revolutionary fashion. I say ” whatever your insecurities are” because as we very well know, sometimes our first instinct is to want...
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“In inner-city settings that are governed by the code of the street, women’s...”
– Nikki Jones, The Social World of Inner City Girls. (via carey-knope)
YES. This is why stuff about “hood rats” & “ghetto bitches” & “video girls” annoys me incredibly.
(via daniellemertina)
Growing up I loved the idea of being a princess. In my head that meant living someplace safe with...
Generational Shift in North Korean Sexual...
thesavagesalad:
patteronmytinroof:
A source relates how sexual activity amongst North Korean adolescents is leading to consternation amongst parents there. A defector in his twenties from Onsong in North Hamgyeong province said, “On the outside North Korea probably seems closed off from trends in sexual activity but in fact it has really opened up. I reckon that especially in the provinces,...
Brooklyn Eagle: A Bullet in the Leg, and Five Days... →
so-treu:
A Brooklyn woman who was shot in the leg and then detained for five days by NYPD officers who demanded that she confess her shooter’s identity is now suing the city.
Takesha Griffin, 35, of Brownsville, announced Thursday with her attorney Sanford Rubenstein that she plans to sue the city for $5 million for her ordeal, during which she was left handcuffed and helpless, urinating...
250) I really don't want my transness to be the...
Sexual rights
sexismandthecity:
Sexual rights embrace human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus statements. They include the right of all persons, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, to:
the highest attainable standard of sexual health, including access to sexual and reproductive health care services;
seek, receive and...
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Anonymous asked: I don't get it. You want to be respectful, you want to fight oppression, you get very angry about oppression, and rightly so, but yet you refuse to 'censor' yourself by putting trigger warnings/ tags, you shrug it off with 'we've never done it' 'it's censorship' - basically, 'it's our blog, live with it'? How is that respectful to people...
